What going to the movies mean to me

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以下是Daniel寫給影迷的信我有時間才翻譯嘍 Hi everybody! So happy to have received so many of your mails in the past few months! I notic ed that some of you have just only recently begun to follow my movies. That's great! We lcome and I hope that I continue getting all the great support that everyone has been giv ing me. I also want to thank everyone for congratulating me on my second Golden Horse nomination! I was so happy to see that I have been recognized for my work in Ne w Police Story. Let's see if I can win it! But even if I don't win, I will be just as ha ppy because there are plenty of chances on the road ahead for me. I just have to keep on working hard on my craft! Also thanks to those of you who have gone to see "Beyond Our Ken". It is a very interesting and different kind of movie. Also the character I play is quite different than what you might expect out me. If you haven't seen it, check it out! This newsletter I want to talk about how going to the movies influenced my life . Although I did not plan on becoming an actor I have been interested in films si nce a very young child. I remember as a child when my whole family would go to the town mo vie theater to watch movies. The theater was called THE ORINDA THEATER named after the town I grew up in. It was a beautiful large Art-Deco style theater designed in the 1 940's. It had an old fashioned ticket booth in front. Inside the teeter there were large murals painted on the walls of Greek gods and goddesses. Covering the screen was a dee p red velvet curtain and when the lights dimmed and the curtains parted a huge silver screen emerged. Once the projector started is when all the magic started. Stories of l ove, action and passion spoke to me through that screen. I loved going to the movies so muc h because movies allowed me to go into a fantasy world and have the time of my li fe. Growing up I spent a lot of time in The Orinda Theater. It is still there to th is day and I still think it is one of the best theaters in the world! If any of you every go to th e San Francisco Bay Area try and make a trip to the city of Orinda and go see a movie on big sc reen. If you can't make the trip take a look at this website: http://www.renaissancerialto.c om/masters/ orinda/OrindaHistory.htm I am sure all of you will agree it is a beautiful movie theater in the traditio nal sense. I also remember going to Drive-In movies. I am sure a lot of you do not know wh at this is because they only existed in America up until the 80's now, I think it would be difficult to find one. These theaters were called Drive-In because you actually drove your c ar into a very large parking lot where there would be a giant screen in front of you wher e you world watch the movie from your car! Once you found a space to park the car, there wo uld be a small speaker which you would then hang on your window. I remember going with m y whole family in our old station wagon to watch movies. Drive Ins were a really fun way to watch a movie! If you want to know more about Drive-In theaters check out these links: www.driveinmovie.com http://www.americandrivein.com/ If you ever get a chance try it out! As a child, going to the movies was a really great family event. My family woul d go eat dinner then go see a movie. It was a great way for my family to spend time toge ther. As I got older I would go to movies, almost every weekend with my friends. Going to the movies became a social event for my friends and I. I remember my 15th, 16th, an d 17th birthdays were spent in movie theaters. I also remember going to the movies when I began dating. It was a way to make a very nervous and embarrassing situation (going out with girls) easy. If I went to a movie with a girl then we would have something to talk about afterwards and we could avoid t he "dead- air" that sometimes happens on dates. When I was in University I began taking some classes on film. These were fun be cause we got to watch movies in class and then we would spend the semester talking about film. I always got good grades in these classes just because I found them so interestin g. Also when I was at the University of Oregon, there was a small theater called the Bi jou. (http:// www.bijou-cinemas.com/)(http://www.nwsource.com/travel/scr/tf_detail.cfm? dt=2993&cid=5&pageid=OR&cityid=68) It was an old church that was converted into a movie theater. Tickets were very cheap and they always played an interesting selection of art-house films, indie movies an d also Hong Kong movies! I lived just around the block from The Bijou so I was there all th e time watching whatever movie that they showed. So as you can see, movie have always played in important part of my life. They are more than just a hobby for me but more a part of my lifestyle. I find it interesting that this part of my life eventually became my job! Although I studied architecture and practi ced kung- fu it seems that what I know best is movies. I feel so lucky that I now make mo vies and hopefully the movies I make will make just as strong an impression on the peopl e who watch them as they did on me. I am also really lucky to have audiences like yo u who enjoy watching my films. It makes me work harder! Next month I will be going Shanghai to film Stanly Kwan's "Chang Hen Ge". This film will be starring, Sammi Cheng, Tony Leung, Wu Kwun and Me. I am really looking forwa rd to this project because I have been wanting to work with Stanly Kwan for many yea rs. OK. I hope this letter finds everyone well. Take Care! Daniel Wu -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 218.186.253.200